| Jah! |
| Rastafari…
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| And I saw an I-ngel ascended from the East
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| Having the seal of the living King, Emperor Haile Selassie I the first
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| The Most High
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| And He cried out with a loud voice, sayin'
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| Oh oh…
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| It’s a raggy road
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| The road is so rough
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| A raggy road
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| The road is so tough
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| A raggy road
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| Road is so rough
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| Raggy road
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| Yeah, yeah, yeah
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| Well, I’ve been troddin' this road for the longest while
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| And mi career nuff of dem want fi soil
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| Hey, hey
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| Troddin' this road for the longest while
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| And never yet try pop off all another man’s coil
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| Troddin' this road for the longest while
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| A long time, David house, and dem no stop till the soil
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| Troddin' this road for the longest while
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| And give away more than 1/10th of the spoil
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| Troddin' this road for the longest while
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| And still my lamp never run out of oil
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| This yah one yah a fi real
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| Go tell dem anuh bargain, tell dem anuh deal
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| Nuff of dem no want put dem shoulder to the wheel
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| So dem go rape, dem go rob, and dem go kill, and steal
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| All a try eat all a another man’s meal
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| Unuh deaf, unuh dumb, unuh blind fi go feel
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| One man was worthy to open the seal
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| Emperor Selassie I, I know He’s real
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| Babylon get trampled under mi heel!
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| Raggy road
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| Road is so rough
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| Raggy road
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| The road is so tough
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| The raggy road
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| Road is so rough
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| Raggy road
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| Yeah, yeah, yeah
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| Well, I’ve been troddin' this road for the longest while
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| Still mi career nuff of dem want fi soil
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| Hey, hey
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| Troddin' this road for the longest while
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| And never yet try pop off all another man’s coil
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| Troddin' this road for the longest while
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| A long time, the Prophet, and him no stop till the soil
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| Troddin' this road for the longest while
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| And give away more than 1/10th of the spoil
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| Troddin' this road for the longest while
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| And still my lamp never run out of oil
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| Well, nuff of dem go get throw overboard
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| Like Henry Morgan with the pirate code
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| Nuff of dem a trod upon corruption road
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| Nuff of dem a trod with Satan heavy load
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| True dem promote death, dem dead fi wreath and rose
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| The Binghi man no model, Binghi man no pose
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| Binghi man nah wear up dem Babylon clothes
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| Inna mi turban and mi ancient robe!
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| Wha' dem a conceal, we come fi expose
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| The righteous works nuff try oppose
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| I see judgement a take dem evil episode
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| Judgement take dem and then dem explode
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| Well, it is a raggy road
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| The road is so rough
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| Raggy road
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| The road is so tough
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| A raggy road
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| Road is so rough
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| Raggy road
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| Yeah, yeah, yeah
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| Well, it is a raggy road
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| Immanuel road so rough
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| Raggy road
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| Selassie I road so rough
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| Raggy road
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| Marcus road so rough
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| Raggy road
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| Yeah, yeah
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| Well, Babylon dem have fi run
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| Now dem see the Haman a come, dem ago run
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| I’m like the lightning and the thunder come fi conquer dem gun
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| I’m like the rain, I’m like the breeze, I’m like the river that run
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| I’m like the star, I’m like the moon, I’m just like the sun
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| And dem give the ghetto youth dem gun fi shoot dem brother down
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| Babylon, your judgement haffi come!
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| Raggy road
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| Road is so rough
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| Raggy road
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| The road is so tough
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| A raggy road
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| Road is so rough
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| Raggy road |